"There's been radio chatter this week of a possible new addition to the Windows family: a 'Home Server'. If the chatter is right, Microsoft will unveil it at CES, which kicks off next week. 'Home Server', according to my sources, is about centralized storage, home automation and security."

It could also create a situation in which people become used to having a server and then want something more from it, and end up trying linux or a BSD... they would already have the hardware for it too...